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EEA EFTA States will continue to participate fully in EU Emissions Trading System
10.04.2014
On 10 April 2014, the EEA EFTA States and the European Union adopted three Joint Committee Decisions (JCDs) incorporating three legal acts related to the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) into the EEA Agreement.
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53 legal acts incorporated into the EEA Agreement
04.04.2014
At its meeting on 4 April 2014, the EEA Joint Committee agreed to adopt ad referendum with the date of 8 April 2014, 53 legal acts including a new regulation of the European Commission on the selection of a symbol for identifying medicinal products for human use that are subject to additional monitoring.
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EEA EFTA Comment on proposal for a new Trade Mark Directive
24.03.2014
The EEA EFTA States have submitted comments to the Council of the European Union, the European Commission and the European Parliament on the proposal for a new Trade Mark Directive.
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EEA EFTA Comment on the proposal for a new directive on payment services in the Internal Market
24.03.2014
The EEA EFTA States have submitted comments to the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Greek Presidency of the European Union on the proposal for a new directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on payment services in the Internal Market.
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EEA EFTA Comment on proposed directive on maximum authorised dimensions and weights of lorries
10.03.2014
The EEA EFTA States have submitted comments to the Council of the European Union, the European Commission and the European Parliament on the proposal for a directive on the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic of certain road vehicles.
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EEA EFTA Comment on the proposal for a directive on package travel and assisted travel arrangements
26.02.2014
The EEA EFTA States have submitted comments to the Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the European Commission and the European Parliament on the proposal for a directive on package travel and assisted travel arrangements.
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52 legal acts incorporated into the EEA Agreement
14.02.2014
The EEA Joint Committee held its first meeting of the year on 14 February 2014.
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EEA-Lex: tracking incorporation of EU law into the EEA Agreement
27.01.2014
EFTA is launching an interactive service that offers detailed information on the status of EU legal acts under consideration or acts already incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
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EEA EFTA Chair outlines priorities for first half of 2014
17.01.2014
On 1 January 2014, Norway took over as Chair of the EFTA Standing Committee. In the work programme, which was presented to the Committee in December 2013, one of the key priorities is to ensure the incorporation of the new EU programmes into the EEA Agreement for the period 2014-2020 and the EEA EFTA States’ eligibility under the first calls for proposals.
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20 years of the European Economic Area
01.01.2014
In 2014, the European Economic Area (EEA) celebrates its 20th anniversary. The EEA brings together the EU Member States and the three EEA EFTA States — Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway — in the Internal Market. The general consensus is that the EEA Agreement is working as intended, although the dynamic nature of the European Union poses specific challenges to it.